Greenpeace Draws The Line...Finally!

[Samurai_Jerk]

Personally I don't give a fuck whether the Japanese, Norwegians, and Icelanders whale or not, as long as the species they are hunting are not endangered. However, I've always wondered why the whaling commission included the loophole in their charter. Was it because there are or were legitimate reasons to kill a whale for research? Or is it because the whaling countries pushed for it with the intent of using it as an excuse to keep whaling? Anyone know?

[Captain Japan]

This "article" is so full of holes and hopeless...
Whale meat plentiful; demand sluggish
Daily Gomiuri

Food companies and restaurants that sell whale meat are increasing as stocks increase and the whaling industry makes an effort to boost demand.

Sales of whale meat are an important source of income for whaling research so it is imperative to stimulate demand as poor sales may hinder future research.

Whale meat is mainly taken from whales that have been processed and sold once research has been undertaken.

The Institute of Cetacean Research, which conducts whaling research, distributes whale meat via the Tokyo-based shipping company Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd., to whom the institute commissions its whaling activities.

Kyodo Senpaku has been promoting its whale meat, resulting in increased sales to food companies and restaurants.

Hoko Co. in Tokyo, a subsidiary of Nippon Meat Packers Inc., began sales of three products, including cooked whale and canned broiled whale in March.

Hoko said baby boomers who had eaten whale during the post-war period would remember the taste and welcome the new products...more of this same crap...

I think this article is saying: Japan needs to eat more whales so that we can fund more research.

[ichigo partygirl]

How many people would really eat whale meat if they truly believed that it had been used in research........that cover is so thin i can see koizumi's old ugly ass through it

[GomiGirl]

what is the point and where are the results of said research too???

[GuyJean]

Operation Save the Whales: $25,000 Reward Offered for Location of Japanese Whaling Ships
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2834036&page=1

A U.S.-based conservation society patrolling the waters of the Ross Sea off Antarctica is offering a $25,000 reward for the coordinates of Japanese whaling ships.


The Sea Shepherd Society announced the reward during its "Operation Leviathan" mission to stop illegal whaling in the Southern Ocean. Two Sea Shepherd ships, the Farley Mowat and the Robert Hunter, are in the Antarctic with 70 volunteers from 14 countries. They believe they are within 500 miles of the Japanese whaling ships.

The reward comes days after Japan called a special meeting of members of the International Whaling Commission next month to help lift a global moratorium on hunting of whales. Several countries opposed to whaling have said they may boycott the assembly...

Now, where did I leave my nautical compass and sextant?..

GJ

[Greji]

Operation Save the Whales: $25,000 Reward Offered for Location of Japanese Whaling Ships
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2834036&page=1
Now, where did I leave my nautical compass and sextant?..

GJ

Count me in GJ! I wonder if we can Google them for openers!